About
Jed McCaleb is an American programmer, entrepreneur, and billionaire investor best known for founding Mt. Gox, co-founding Ripple, and co-founding Stellar, where he has served in senior technical leadership. He also founded Astera Institute and Vast, the space company he has personally backed, while making deep-tech investments spanning AI, aerospace, food technology, and nuclear energy. His recent activity shows a strong focus on scientific infrastructure, brain-inspired AI, and frontier engineering.
Areas of interest
cryptocurrencyfintechpayments infrastructureartificial intelligencebrain-inspired AGIscientific infrastructurespaceaerospaceclimatefood technologyadvanced nucleardeep tech